A study on testing the relationship between emotional intelligence and work life balance on career development of women employees in tidel park, Coimbatore

In the modern-day world, Emotional Intelligence (EI) of employees is also widely acknowledged in organizations for its exceptional production outcomes. As not many researchers have done explicitly on women employees in Coimbatore, the aim of this study was to study the influence of emotional intelligence and work life balance on career development of women employees in IT industry. A sample data of 320 women employees of IT companies was collected randomly. Work life balance includes work life and life in general. The EI scores of the respondents were measured by means of Daniel Goleman's four-factor taxonomy. The four factor competencies consist of: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management. The checklist manual developed by Daniels and McCarraher for the Industrial Society (2000) was used for Work life balance. A career satisfaction scale item by Greenhaus, Parasuraman, and Wormley (1990) was used for career development. Pearson's Correlation and regression analysis was used to determine relationship between the variables